Festival Community & NetworkingAI in Business
Community-led AI week in Dublin from 2 to 9 October 2026: around 35 events across the city for AI product builders and founders — meetups, workshops, demo nights and the Pressure Cooker startup hackathon with a €100,000 pre-seed prize pool. The week runs in the lead-up to the International AI Summit (14 October) and is free to attend; individual sessions are booked via Luma.
Source: Offizielle Website (Dublin AI Week) · About Dublin AI Week
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Zurich, Switzerland
A festival built as a movement: the Swiss {ai} Weeks bundle hackathons and AI events nationwide from 1 September to 4 October 2026.
Basel, Switzerland · FHNW Campus Dreispitz
A hackathon rather than a classic conference: Hack am Rhein has teams from four disciplines build together in Basel from 1–4 October 2026.
Nuremberg, Germany · Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen IIS, Standort Nürnberg
A social impact hackathon for all experience levels: AI HUB Nürnberg's Claude Impact Lab #2 brings teams together on 5 October 2026 around mobility, urban space and sustainability.
Dublin, Ireland · UCD O'Reilly Hall & O'Connor Centre for Learning
A conference on AI in scientific discovery: on 15–16 October 2026 in Dublin, AIS26 bundles strands curated among others by ELLIS and CERN — coordinated by UCD and Research Ireland.
Dublin, Ireland · The Convention Centre Dublin
A networking conference on AI in business: on 2 December 2026 in Dublin, the Ireland AI Conference combines a panel featuring Vectra AI, Shutterstock and Novartis with pre-arranged meetings.
Galway, Ireland
A week of community AI programming: itag's AI Skills Week from 5 to 9 October 2026, free of charge.
Limerick, Ireland · Dell Technologies Customer Solution Center
AI meetup in Limerick: “Protect your business, embrace the future: Cyber Security & AI info event” on October 14, 2026.
Cork, Ireland · REPUBLIC OF WORK
AI meetup in Cork: “Cyber Resilience in the Era of AI | Cork” on November 4, 2026.